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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
2
A joint congressional commission urged substantial postal employee pay raises effective July 1. The plan proposes clerks and letter carriers gain 150 to 250 dollars yearly, supervisory officers 400 dollars, with total payroll costs rising to about 33 million in year one and larger amounts in subsequent years.
About 100 army officers and staff college faculty, led by Mej. Gen. McAndrews and Gen. Pershing, depart for two weeks of observation in New England and northern New York. They will review wartime industrial expansion near Waterview arsenal and study the Plattsburg training camp plan for expansion. The group has completed a Civil War tactics review and will study modern warfare using World War I maps and data.
Solemn rites at St Peter's marked the beatification of Anna Maria Triggt with Pope Benedict leading the ceremony. Born poor in Siena, she married Domenica in Rome and supported her family amid Napoleonic upheavals by making sandals from rope and aiding neighbors. Miracles were attributed before her death in 1837.
Solemn World War memory at St Patrick’s Church marked by American Legion leaders and clergy. Father Humey urged U S veterans to uphold noble patriotism and reject gangland politics while recalling sacrifices in France Siberia and domestic camps. About 1200 attendees, with ceremonies spilling to Fort Myer and Carroll Hall.
The twenty first conference of the English Zionist Federation of London on Sunday passed a resolution expressing gratitude to the supreme council for incorporating the Balfour declaration in the treaty with Turkey and for granting the mandate for Palestine to Great Britain. It puts on record deep appreciation of the alliance and aims amid the contemporary political context.
A proclamation vows Zionists in England to spare no effort or sacrifice to reestablish Palestine as the Jewish national home and to honor the allied powers who supported the effort. The statement frames the move as a memorable achievement involving statesmen and peoples.
George H. Boyd longtime Senate document room superintendent suffered a light apoplexy in his office after the Senate convened. Dr Francs of Maryland provided first aid and Boyd was taken to Casualty Hospital where doctors said his condition was not serious. He began as a Senate page in 1874 and led the document room since 1882.
Rev Albert H Zimmerman preaches at the Hisipers of the Hills in Great Falls Virginia urging members to show gratitude by giving their best in thought word and deed to their country on Memorial Day citing a medieval adage from Gesta Romanorum.
The steamship Royal George reached Cherbourg on Sunday with passengers including Mrs Josephua Daniels wife of the American Secretary of the Navy She is bound for Switzerland to attend the international woman suffrage convention in Geneva according to the report.
United States Senators Capper Moses Page and Owen join the Prisoners Relief Society advisory board as of today. J W Koontz notes large convict statistics and the need for guidance while E E Dudding serves as president at 509 FE Street NW.
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